We do not have to improve ourselves; we just have to let go of what blocks our heart. — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
Let go of the battle. Breathe quietly and let it be. Let your body relax and your heart soften. Open to whatever… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
In the end, forgiveness simply means never putting another person out of our heart. — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
Knowledge and achievements matter little if we do not yet know how to touch the heart of another and be touched. — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
Weigh the true advantages of forgiveness and resentment to the heart. Then choose. — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
Everybody needs to take some time, in some way, to quiet themselves and really listen to their heart. — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
Religion and philosophy have their value, but in the end all we can do is open to mystery and live a path… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
May I be given the appropriate difficulties so that my heart can truly open with compassion. Imagine asking for that. — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
The grief we carry is part of the grief of the world. Hold it gently. Let it be honored. You do not… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
Beneath the sophistication of Buddhist psychology lies the simplicity of compassion. We can touch into this compassion whenever the mind is quiet,… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
We can struggle with what is. We can judge and blame others or ourselves. Or we can accept what cannot be changed.… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
Refraining from stealing: care with material goods. Undertake for one week to act on every single thought of generosity that arises spontaneously… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
Even the most exalted states and the most exceptional spiritual accomplishments are unimportant if we cannot be happy in the most basic… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
Acceptance does not mean inaction. We may need to respond, strongly at times...From a peaceful center we can respond instead of react.… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
Refraining from false speech: speech from the heart. Undertake for one week not to gossip (positively or negatively) or speak about anyone… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
If you put a spoonful of salt in a cup of water it tastes very salty. If you put a spoonful of… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
Indifference pretends to create peace, but it is based on not caring, a silent resignation. It is a movement away, a separation… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
Look at every path closely and deliberately. Try it as many times as you think necessary. Then ask yourself and yourself alone… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
Grant that I have enough suffering that my heart really opens to the great compassion of this world, that I be given… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
What brings the karmic result from the patterns of our actions is not our action alone. As we intend and then act,… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
Compassion arises naturally as the quivering of the heart in the face of pain, ours and another's. True compassion is not limited… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
“When we let go of our battles and open our heart to things as they are, then we come to rest in… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
It takes courage to grieve, to honor the pain we carry. We can grieve in tears or in meditative silence, in prayer… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
Forgiveness sees wisely. It willingly acknowledges what is unjust, harmful, and wrong. It bravely recognizes sufferings of the past, and understands the… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
The work of your heart, the work of taking time, to listen, to help, is also your gift to the whole of… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
As we learn to bow, we discover that the heart holds more freedom and compassion than we could imagine. — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
The awakened heart and mind can be experienced as clarity itself, pure knowing. — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
We need a warrior’s heart that lets us face our lives directly, our pains and limitations, our joys and possibilities. — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
Great pain, when it is honored from the heart, opens into great understanding. — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
According to Buddhist scriptures, compassion is the "quivering of the pure heart" when we have allowed ourselves to be touched by the… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
The heart is like a garden. It can grow compassion or fear, resentment or love. What seeds will you plant there? — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
To let go in the deepest recesses of the heart, to release all struggle and wanting, leads us to that knowing which… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
Whatever you believe cosmologically, we all know the tears of the world. We each carry a certain measure of those tears in… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
But forgiveness is the act of not putting anyone out of your heart, even those who are acting out of deep ignorance… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
Do not doubt your own basic goodness. In spite of all confusion and fear, you are born with a heart that knows… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
The aim of spiritual life is to awaken a joyful freedom, a benevolent and compassionate heart in spite of everything. — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
We can bring a heart of understanding and compassion to a world that needs it so much. — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
There are many ways up the mountain and each of us must choose a practice that feels true to our heart. — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
If grief or anger arises, Let there be grief or anger. This is the Buddha in all forms,Sun Buddha, Moon Buddha, Happy… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
To undertake a genuine spiritual path is not to avoid difficulties but to learn the art of making mistakes wakefully, to bring… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
“When we let go of our battles and open our heart to things as they are, then we come to rest in the present… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
In opening we can see how many times we have mistaken small identities and fearful beliefs for our true nature and how limiting this… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
Wherever you are is the perfect place to awaken. This moment is the exact place to practice compassion and loving awareness. You have all… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
Acceptance does not mean inaction. We may need to respond, strongly at times...From a peaceful center we can respond instead of react. Unconscious reactions… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
To live in this precious animal body on this earth is as great a part of spiritual life as anything else. — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
We do not have to improve ourselves; we just have to let go of what blocks our heart. — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
To open deeply, as genuine spiritual life requires, we need tremendous courage and strength, a kind of warrior spirit. — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
For most of us, generosity is a quality that must be developed. We have to respect that it will grow gradually; otherwise our spirituality… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
What is truly a part of our spiritual path is that which brings us alive. If gardening brings us alive, that is part of… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
“Working with these distractions, steadying the canoe, letting the waves pass by, and coming back again and again in a quiet and collected way,… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
To understand ourselves and our life is the point of insight meditation: to understand and to be free. — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
![“What brings the karmic result from the patterns of our actions is not our action alone. As we intend and then act, we create [our] karma: so another key to understanding the creation of karma is becoming aware of intention. The heart is our garden, and along with each action there is an intention…” quote by Jack Kornfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d73/jack-kornfield-936_action_what-brings-the-karmic-result-from-the-p_1096567.jpg)
